If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

...It is more blessed to give than to receive.
Acts 20:35

You know, while we mostly agree with that Scripture, we do at times get our feelings hurt, by the lack of acknowledgement in events that make up our lives. We usually find those kind of hurts, were not intentional, but merely an oversight. They are soon healed, by the oversight being remembered. Then, we feel foolish, for letting our emotions take over our life. We all enjoy a present or gift, from time to time, but actually we like to give, more than receive. Which brings us back where we started, it is more blessed to give than to receive. Something about seeing the eyes of a child or adult, light up and get as big as the moon, and the expression of delight, that fills their face, makes us fill all warm and satisfied with the fact that we just gave someone such a gift, that would inspire this type of reaction.
Can you imagean how God must have felt, when He gave His Son for our sins!!!! and many did not know or except Jesus, for the wonderful gift that He was. Never the less, God G A V E - and in time, incluging the present, people excepted and are excepting Jesus as their Lord and Savior. God sees the expressions on our faces and in our eyes and in our hearts, thus, it is better to give, than receive, UNLESS, you are the receipeant of Gods' gift of eternal life. IT DOSEN'T GET ANY BETTER THAN THAT. We can not out give God, nor should we try. Just give, anywhere, anytime, to anybody, God will see and acknowledge, for He knows all and He knows our hearts.
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